MarsCon 2025 - Virginia Beach: Full Schedule

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1:00pm EST

When the Good Guys Turn Out to be Bad Guys

Saturday January 18, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EST

Jedi are evil. Starfleet is fascist. What happens to us when our revered good guys turn out to not be quite so good? Or when they are down right bad? Join our panelists as they discuss how even the best of the good guys has some evil in their hearts.

Speakers

Claire Merrick

Author

Tired of writing about bad news as a producer at a news station, Claire Merrick began using her free time to write urban fantasy stories. She attended FantaSci in Durham, hoping to learn from authors about the business side of publishing. One of the guests, Kevin Ikenberry, asked... Read More →

David Shadoin

Author

David "Shady" Shadoin is a trouble-making, corn-fed Nebraska boy the United States Air Force managed to turn into a somewhat decent pilot of whirly birds. An avid reader from a young age, he has always found inspiration listening to rock music while reading Fantasy and Sci Fi novels... Read More →

Vivian Valentine

Author, Dealer

The author of The Amelia Temple Series, Vivian Moira Valentine is a rad trans lady who loves monsters. When she was a child, she found the Crestwood House Monster Series at her local library and it's all been downhill from there. Now everything she likes is horrible. When not writing... Read More →

Phillip Pournelle

Author, Gamer

Commander Pournelle retired from the Navy after 26 years of service as a surface warfare officer, operations analyst, and joint operations planner. He served on cruisers, destroyers, amphibious ships, and an experimental high-speed vessel. He served on the Navy staff conducting modeling... Read More →

Saturday January 18, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EST
Shenandoah Room

Fandom, It's in the Details

7:00pm EST

Modern American Mythology

Saturday January 18, 2025 7:00pm - 8:00pm EST

Shenandoah Room

Other cultures have their gods and heroes from myth and legend such as Greek mythology, King Arthur, the 3 Musketeers and so on. Are superheroes, Star Trek and Star Wars our mythology?

Speakers

J.E. Pittman

Author, Dealer

J.E. Pittman dabbles in many speculative worlds. He blurs the borders between genre and crafts salient lies to tell a measure of truth. His work has been described as: capriciously chimeric, dreamlike, and a vivid enigma with indelible images stamped on your brain. He’s currently... Read More →

Sam Robb

Author

Sam Robb is a Pittsburgh native, a former US Navy officer, and a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. Over the course of his life, he has acquired a wife, three daughters, several quadrupeds, and a penchant for walking down back alleys and taking pictures of graffiti. When he's... Read More →

Saturday January 18, 2025 7:00pm - 8:00pm EST
Shenandoah Room

Fandom, It's in the Details

8:00pm EST

TMG Business Meeting

Saturday January 18, 2025 8:00pm - 9:00pm EST

Family Programming - Salon O

The Mercenary Guild will have a business meeting. If you are a member of the Guild, you are highly encouraged to attend. If you are not a member yet, you may come and observe the proceedings.

Speakers

Daniel Kim

Cosplayer

Teresa Bhaile

Guest Liaison and Programming Director, Mars Con Inc (Virginia)

Aaron Brite

Environmental Compliance Officer, Jen-Weld, Inc.

GenX feral nerd from the womb raised on TOS and the original Wild Wild West reruns while "recreating" some of those gadgets (thankfully to little success). Grew up to become an Air Force avionics tech and then Supply Sergeant where he caught the hazmat bug. Now a corporate environmentalist... Read More →

Saturday January 18, 2025 8:00pm - 9:00pm EST
Family Programming - Salon O

Fandom, Being a Fan